Democrats were in trouble. It was November 1984, and white, working-class voters in Macomb County had overwhelmingly voted for President Ronald Reagan for a second term. The Dems were losing their suburban, blue-collar base, and nowhere was the loss more pronounced than in Macomb County, home of the white, unionized autoworker. Just 20 years earlier, three-quarters of Macomb County voters turned out for President Lyndon Johnson, making it the most heavily Democratic suburban county in the U.S. To figure out what happened, local Democratic Party leaders hired Yale professor and pollster Stanley Greenberg. In March 1985, Greenberg sat down with Macomb County s Democratic defectors in hotel rooms and restaurants. After more than a month of interviews, Greenberg came to an startling conclusion: White, working-class voters who long identified as Democrats were fed up, fearful, and increasingly xenophobic. Their manufacturing jobs, which provided de
Whether it’s Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey constantly referring to Governor Whitmer’s looks and calling her a “gal” or Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser calling our Governor, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Attorney General Dana Nessel “witches” to be “burned at the stake”, Republicans’ public language has become increasingly abusive. It’s easy to blame Donald Trump for this devolution of Republican rhetoric but these men, along with far too many of their colleagues, are responsible for their own actions.
Women in Michigan have had it. These are no longer isolated incidents, they are becoming the norm. And they’ve crossed the line into outright abuse.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday at Ford Field in Detroit.
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Michigan is facing some of the nation’s worst COVID-19 numbers. Governor Gretchen Whitmer acknowledges it’s becoming harder to get a restriction-weary public to follow health orders.
So, instead, she’s trying to persuade vaccine skeptics to get their shots.
Less stick. More carrot. That appears to be Whitmer’s approach now.
On Wednesday, the governor visited Ford Field in Detroit, which currently serves as a mass vaccination site. Whitmer slipped her left arm out of her coat, and took her first Pfizer shot.
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The governor acknowledges it’s becoming harder to get a restriction-weary public to follow public health orders. So instead, she’s trying to persuade vaccine skeptics to get their shots.
Last Wednesday, the governor visited Ford Field in Detroit, which currently serves as a mass vaccination site. Whitmer slipped her left arm out of her coat, and took her first Pfizer shot.
“I feel good, she said. I feel relieved, to be honest.”
The event was timed to start reaching people who are reluctant to get vaccinated while Michigan faces a new surge in infections.
“The problem is fatigue, mobility and variants, and we’ve got all of those things working against us here in Michigan right now, Whitmer said. What we have to do is really put our foot down on the pedal on vaccines, and implore people to do what we know keeps us safe: masking, distancing, hand-washing.”
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